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Other OSes do it differently then, I guess? It seems odd that Windows must be resetting the CMOS time every time you change the Windows clock/DST happens/etc. Though yeah I guess it doesn't matter, so thanks! 
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Why are there bad neighborhoods full of criminals and good neighborhoods with law-abiding people? What makes criminals concentrate themselves in certain parts of town?
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Nov 17, 2013 10:24
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Baron Bifford posted:Why are there bad neighborhoods full of criminals and good neighborhoods with law-abiding people? What makes criminals concentrate themselves in certain parts of town?
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Nov 17, 2013 10:26
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Baron Bifford posted:Why are there bad neighborhoods full of criminals and good neighborhoods with law-abiding people? What makes criminals concentrate themselves in certain parts of town? A very simple explanation: Since even if everyone was law abiding some people make more and some people make less money, there will always be some housing that is more expensive and some that is less expensive. Criminals (at least, those who aren't bankers / white collar criminals) tend to be poor and so will live in cheaper housing (along with law abiding lower income folk as well, naturally). Even if there are several poor areas that are evenly distributed, simply due to statistical chance there will be surges of crime and criminals in one (or more) of those areas. That scares away law abiding folk who live there -- no one wants to live next to a crackhouse or flophouse or w/e, unless you're actively participating in that industry. With less demand from law abiding folks for other homes or apartments in that specific area, supply / demand dictates that the price will fall, making it more attractive to lower class criminals, and it becomes a vicious circle. It's more complex than that, of course. I read a fascinating NPR story a few years back .. or maybe heard it on This American Life or something. Anyway, New York has / had a huge problem with crime in the 80s / early 90s, far moreso than now. Muggings, assaults, rapes, vandalism, what have you. The prior approach had been traditional -- investigate crimes, try to arrest people, etc. It didn't have much effect on the crime rates. Rudolph Giuliani took an approach that seems very bizarre at first glance, advised by social scientists iirc. Basically, it was to repair all vandalism asap. Graffiti's subway cars would be repainted that day, no matter how often they were tagged. Broken telephone booths or whatnot would be fixed quickly. Basically, make the city look nicer. The result was that crime rates went down in areas where these policies were practiced. The theory went that just having busted park benches, overflowing trash cans, subway cars covered with graffiti, these were things that resulted in a lot of people just not caring and, odd as it may seem, would result in people being more likely to engage in those types of behaviors. I guess it's one thing to tag a building that's already covered with graffiti, but if it's clean and freshly painted maybe people on the margins of that activity might have second thoughts. Wish I could find the article because it was really interesting. But I think that's part of the issue -- there are parts of any city that the city basically says "eh, not worth the trouble" and that leads to the increase in crime.
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Nov 17, 2013 10:41
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regulargonzalez posted:A very simple explanation: Since even if everyone was law abiding some people make more and some people make less money, there will always be some housing that is more expensive and some that is less expensive. Criminals (at least, those who aren't bankers / white collar criminals) tend to be poor and so will live in cheaper housing (along with law abiding lower income folk as well, naturally). Even if there are several poor areas that are evenly distributed, simply due to statistical chance there will be surges of crime and criminals in one (or more) of those areas. That scares away law abiding folk who live there -- no one wants to live next to a crackhouse or flophouse or w/e, unless you're actively participating in that industry. With less demand from law abiding folks for other homes or apartments in that specific area, supply / demand dictates that the price will fall, making it more attractive to lower class criminals, and it becomes a vicious circle. I kind of subscribe to the Freakonomics theory. There was a dramatic dropoff in the crime rate across the board 13 years after Roe V. Wade.
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Nov 17, 2013 11:26
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The broken windows theory and the Freakonomics abortion theory are pop sociology concepts that aren't good starting points to understand crime.
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Nov 17, 2013 11:39
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There's a theory that criminals will move into neighborhoods where lots of other criminals live because they'll have a culture of no-snitching-on-your-neighbors and it is easier to find partners to do crimes with.
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Nov 17, 2013 11:43
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Kurzon posted:There's a theory that criminals will move into neighborhoods where lots of other criminals live because they'll have a culture of no-snitching-on-your-neighbors and it is easier to find partners to do crimes with. that's a pretty dumb theory
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Nov 17, 2013 11:54
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When poor people do a crime, it's because it's a characteristic of poor people. When rich people do a crime, they're just a bad apple!
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Nov 17, 2013 12:18
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Lost For Words posted:that's a pretty dumb theory I read it in an academic text. 
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Nov 17, 2013 12:25
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Here is an interesting article I read a while back stating leaded gasoline could have been the cause: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline It makes a compelling argument but I think bad socio-economic public policy decisions were the primary factor (some willfully and some unknowingly). Also the CIA encouraging the crack epidemic didn't help.
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Nov 17, 2013 14:52
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If you live in an expensive house you pay more taxes. Taxes pay for policepeople. Philadelphia is the strangest. In west phila headed west from Penn there is the area to about 44 or 45th that is patrolled by university police and is the safest area. Mind you I have seen yellow tape and cars riddled with bullets. This is when it gets weird. Around 50th it's lovely and stays lovely for 5 or 6 blocks. Then houses get nicer and crime goes down for a few blocks, then gets lovely again. Could never figure it out. 
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Nov 17, 2013 15:26
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Most supportive and durable work shoes I can find for under $150! I need it! Help?
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Nov 17, 2013 18:02
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I would prefer steel toe but not essential. I am not sure about a boot, something a little smaller would be more comfortable for me. But what is most important is support of my underfoot. Thanks for the recommendations.
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Nov 17, 2013 18:12
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I've read that the NSA got many software firms to install backdoors in their security software. How did the NSA get them to cooperate?
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Nov 17, 2013 19:27
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i am not so sure posted:I would prefer steel toe but not essential. I am not sure about a boot, something a little smaller would be more comfortable for me. But what is most important is support of my underfoot. Thanks for the recommendations. Get superfeet.
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Nov 17, 2013 20:14
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Red Wing makes amazing work shoes and boots but they aren't the cheapest.
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Nov 17, 2013 20:18
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Baron Bifford posted:Why are there bad neighborhoods full of criminals and good neighborhoods with law-abiding people? What makes criminals concentrate themselves in certain parts of town? Poverty creates crime, and police treat poor people differently (much worse) than the well to-do.
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Nov 17, 2013 20:53
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I found out that the government built giant concrete arrows to help pilots with air mail delivery (obviously this was a long time ago). There's a website that lists the locations of all the known beacons, but can anyone help me figure out how to read the coordinates so I can search for them on Google Maps? There are a couple pretty close to my house and I want to check them out. http://surveymarks.planetzhanna.com/airway-beacons-list-western-u-s/ The coordinates (for the arrows with known locations) look like this: JE1695. The following values were computed from the NAD 83(1997) position. JE1695 JE1695; North East Units Scale Factor Converg. JE1695;SPC KS S - 590,749.176 689,076.044 MT 0.99996292 +2 01 56.8 JE1695;SPC KS S - 1,938,149.59 2,260,743.65 sFT 0.99996292 +2 01 56.8 JE1695;UTM 15 - 4,245,718.629 308,367.770 MT 1.00005227 -1 21 38.0 JE1695 JE1695 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL JE1695 JE1695 NAD 83(1986)- 38 20 20.87892(N) 095 11 33.63838(W) AD( ) 3 JE1695 NAD 27 - 38 20 20.81200(N) 095 11 32.72800(W) AD( ) 3
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Nov 17, 2013 21:56
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Is there some sort of Post Your Coupons thread in Coupons & Deals? I don't think one single-use coupon is good enough for a thread. Where can I post this? EDIT: Never mind, there already exists such a thread.
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Nov 17, 2013 23:05
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Are there any famous, or see semi-famous, people that are confirmed to have a forums account?
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Nov 18, 2013 03:03
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I've never been tweeted at  is there a notifier that tells me if I have?
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Nov 18, 2013 03:09
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Are there any famous, or see semi-famous, people that are confirmed to have a forums account? Mike Nelson of MST3K/Rifftrax fame has an account and I think has done a few A/T threads.
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Nov 18, 2013 03:19
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Are there any famous, or see semi-famous, people that are confirmed to have a forums account? Bob Weber Jr is a syndicated cartoonist who writes Slylock Fox and Comics For Kids. Death Ray is Jason Yungbluth, author of the Weapon Brown and Clarissa comics. Otterloop is Richard Thompson, author of the syndicated comic strip Cul de Sac.
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Nov 18, 2013 03:36
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There's a goon that's currently (?) at the World Series of Poker (or some huge poker tournament).
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Nov 18, 2013 04:30
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TO UNDERAGE GYMNASTS
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Baron Porkface posted:I've never been tweeted at I get emails if I have.
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Dudebro posted:There's a goon that's currently (?) at the World Series of Poker (or some huge poker tournament). He finished second and won 5 million bucks.
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Mr. Cool Ice posted:He finished second and won 5 million bucks. Jay Farber is a goon? drat, I had no idea...
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Nov 18, 2013 05:19
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The creator of Minecraft, Notch, but he apparently only posted 3 times in 1 day 7 years ago: http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&username=notch
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Are there any famous, or see semi-famous, people that are confirmed to have a forums account? It's a bit more niche but two of the writers for Adventure Time regularly post in the thread for that show in TVIV and a number of the regular posters in the goon tattoo thread in YLLS are well regarded tattooists.
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Nov 18, 2013 07:42
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Are there any famous, or see semi-famous, people that are confirmed to have a forums account? I'm pretty sure Brian Clevinger, the author of the Atomic Robo series, has an account.
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Is there a way for google drive to automatically pull a word doc from my computer and store it in my online drive? I'd rather not just work on the project in the drive because I've got special formatting and stuff that's going to go to be part of another document i'm working on. I've been periodically saving it and sending it to myself via email but I'd like to take an extra step just incase something were to happen to my computer last minute before I send it to myself on gmail or whatever
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Nov 18, 2013 08:15
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Are there any famous, or see semi-famous, people that are confirmed to have a forums account? Ropekid is James Sawyer, one of the lead developers for Obsidian Entertainment, who made Fallout: New Vegas. He regularly posts in the Fallout: New Vegas and Project Eternity threads explaining game design decisions.
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EATIN SHRIMP posted:Is there a way for google drive to automatically pull a word doc from my computer and store it in my online drive? I'd rather not just work on the project in the drive because I've got special formatting and stuff that's going to go to be part of another document i'm working on. I've been periodically saving it and sending it to myself via email but I'd like to take an extra step just incase something were to happen to my computer last minute before I send it to myself on gmail or whatever
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EATIN SHRIMP posted:Is there a way for google drive to automatically pull a word doc from my computer and store it in my online drive? I'd rather not just work on the project in the drive because I've got special formatting and stuff that's going to go to be part of another document i'm working on. I've been periodically saving it and sending it to myself via email but I'd like to take an extra step just incase something were to happen to my computer last minute before I send it to myself on gmail or whatever Just use the Google Drive desktop application (it will make a Google Drive folder on your system), then save the item in the directory and work on it from there. I wrote my entire graduate thesis this way and never encountered any problems.
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Nov 18, 2013 14:12
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thrakkorzog posted:Ropekid is James Sawyer, one of the lead developers for Obsidian Entertainment, who made Fallout: New Vegas. He regularly posts in the Fallout: New Vegas and Project Eternity threads explaining game design decisions. If video game people count both Cliff Bleszinski and Levelord have accounts although neither has posted in years.
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Nov 18, 2013 15:28
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Thauros posted:If video game people count both Cliff Bleszinski and Levelord have accounts although neither has posted in years. Vile Rat was Sean Smith, who was killed in the Benghazi attacks. Deadmau5 used to post here. I'm sure there are a ton more.
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Nov 18, 2013 15:41
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unpronounceable posted:I'm pretty sure Brian Clevinger, the author of the Atomic Robo series, has an account. He does (or did) and I think, he was "Hyperactive". Might also recognize him from 8-bit Theater and other webcomics. Also from the comics world, Chris Hastings, author/creator of Dr. McNinja and sometimes author for Marvel (and maybe DC?) used to post here. I think he still might occasionally.
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What's it called when something (typically a mineral crystal) is set in jewelry using metal like this? And how is it done?
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